The Laketon American Legion will host a Veterans Day Celebration on Saturday, beginning at 7:45 a.m. at the American Legion Sunset Post 402, 365 W. CR 1400N, North Manchester.
The celebration will inclue lunch and dinner served to all veterans free of charge. Anyone who is not a veteran can have lunch and dinner for a freewill donation. There will be hourly door prizes, handmade American flag quilt raffle and a veterans benefits specialist on site for consultation.
Doors open at 7:45 a.m. There will be a benefits meetin from 8 tp 9:45 a.m At 10 a.m. Huey 369 will land on the lot. At 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. lunch will be served. Another benfits meeting will be in the afternoon from 2 to 3:45 p.m. At 4 p.m. the Huey will take off. From 4 to 6:30 p.m. dinner is served.
he quilt raffle drawing will be at 5 p.m. Addionally there will be a jeep that was deployed at Normandy during D-Day on site.
